History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Swift |
Ordered | 9 January 1941 |
Builder | J. Samuel White, Cowes |
Yard number | 1922 |
Laid down | 12 June 1942 |
Launched | 15 June 1943 |
Commissioned | 12 December 1943 |
Identification | Pennant number G46 |
Fate | Sunk by mine on 24 June 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | S-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,710 tons |
Length | 362 ft 9 in (110.57 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 9 in (10.90 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) |
Installed power | 40,000 shp |
Propulsion |
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HMS Swift was an S-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the Second World War.[1] The ship belonged to the January 1941 order of the Royal Navy from the War Emergency program. The destroyer was launched from the shipyard J. Samuel White in Cowes on 15 June 1943 and was put into service on 12 December 1943.
In early 1944 Swift saw service escorting Arctic Convoys to and from the Kola Inlet.[2] The ship participated in the Normandy landings providing fire support. She was sunk off Sword Beach by mine on 24 June 1944 with 53 casualties.[2]